Poets, Black.

  • Four Black poets

    Four black poets read and talk about their work. Herb Kohl introduces the poets: Monte Vista High School students Greg Rooks, Steven Capers, Sharon Boone, and Karen Buverick. All the poets are affiliated with “What’s Happening,” an independent student magazine based out of Columbia University and run by Elaine Avedon. |Note from box cover: “Kohl…

  • Gwendolyn Brooks and LeRoi Jones poetry reading (Part 2 of 2)

    This is the second reel of the session during which Gwendolyn Brooks and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) read from their own poetry at the Negro Writers conference at Asilomar in August 1964. On this reel Jones reads his poetry for the first half of the recording, and the second half contains a lively question and…

  • Challenge ’70 / Leroi Jones.

    Author discusses Black nationalism and Black political power. He also reads two of his poems.

  • John Eckles and the Black Writer’s Workshop.

    Talk on the role of the Black poet in society; includes readings of his own work.

  • Gwendolyn Brooks and LeRoi Jones poetry reading

    This is a recording of the session during which Gwendolyn Brooks and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) read from their own poetry at the Negro Writers conference at Asilomar in August 1964. “The Negro writer in the United States” was a five-day seminar hosted by the University of California at Berkeley Extension Program, held at the…

  • Soul to Seoul / produced by Mari Sunaida, Lucy J. Kim, and Marcos Frommer ; hosted by Steve Park.

    Korean and African-American poets read selections of their work in an evening aimed at softening racial tensions between these two groups following the 1992 Los Angeles uprising. The participating poets are Lynn Manning, Chungmi Kim, Sae Lee, Wanda Coleman, Arjuna, Nat Jones and Ko Won. |Outward Appearances / Lynn Manning ; Wakeup Call / Lynn…

  • With hearts of fire / produced by Helene Rosenbluth.

    African and African American women poets discusses and read selections from their works. Includes statements and readings by Nicky Finney, Alex Deveaux, Kate Rushen, Vinie Burrows, and Winnie. These poets were meeting at the United Nations Decade on Women Conference.

  • Shades of black : a tribute to Martin Luther King

    This is a recording of a live tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., produced by Alfred S. Garrett and Odie Hawkins; hosted by Bob Cole; and made possible by a grant from the California Arts Council; and with cooperation from John W. Outterbridge, Director of the Watts Towers Arts Center. Performances include the Richard Davis…

  • A conversation with Ntozake Shange / interviewed by Clare Spark

    Ntozake Shange, the black feminist poet, author of “For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf,” is interviewed by Clare Spark on The Sour Apple Tree. Shange discusses reactions to her work and emphasizes how the poems are misperceived by many critics. Ends with a one-minute cut from the album of…

  • A Black poet / Amiri Baraka ; interviewed by Paul Vangelisti.

    Discusses his silencing by the cultural/industrial complex, his rethinking of Black nationalism, his independent publishing, and reads from his book Hard Facts.|A BLACK POET / Amiri Baraka| interviewed by Paul Vangelisti. – Discusses his silencing by the cultural/industrial complex, his rethinking of Black nationalism, his independent publishing, and reads from his book “Hard Facts.” –…